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Blast 4tet: Sift

Blast 4tet are a four piece avant-garde experimental band that rely heavily on improvisation and less on conventional song structures. The band plays a free form style so needless to say this is not the most accessible stuff. In the band are Dirk Bruinsma (baritone and soprano saxes), Frank Crijns (electric guitar), Paed Conca (bass) and Fabrizio Spera (drums).

This was a very difficult listen for me as the music is almost completely devoid of melody. There is no denying these are talented musicians but the lack of cohesive song structures was a definite drawback. The discordant nature of this music would have worked better had there been more musicality to seek my teeth into.

The album begins with "Sift", an improvisational number with plenty of dissonant saxophone and odd metered drum work and ends with "Pole", an exercise in experimental ambience with some drone meanderings thrown in for good measure. The rest of the tunes were as 'difficult' and I must be resigned to the fact that this was just not for me.

There you have it. While I believe the band is talented and likely accomplished what they set out to achieve with this release, this is not my cup of tea. However, I will give the band credit for their musicianship and creativity. If experimental music and/or RIO is what you are looking for you will likely be interested in Sift. For everyone else, proceed with caution.


Track Listing:
1. Sift (12:03)
2. Cklack (3:53)
3. Fluke (10:12)
4. Swerves (4:15)
5. Pole (13:00)

Added: September 9th 2009
Reviewer: Jon Neudorf
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Related Link: Band's MySpace Page
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Language: english

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